| First German aircraft shot down by another plane |
5th October, 1914 |
| Farman MF-11 carries out first night bombing raid |
21st December, 1914 |
| Roland Garros uses deflector plates |
1st April, 1915 |
| German gas attack at Ypres |
26th April, 1915 |
| First Zeppelin raid on London |
31st May, 1915 |
| First tank demonstrated to British military leaders |
11th September, 1915 |
| First use of British tanks at Flers-Courcelette |
15th September, 1916 |
| First heavy bomber, the Handley Page, goes into action |
November, 1916 |
| Junkers D-1, first all-metal plane produced |
March 1918 |